Chemoproteomic study uncovers HemK2/KMT9 as a new target for NTMT1 bisubstrate inhibitors

Abstract Understanding the selectivity of methyltransferase inhibitors is important to dissect the functions of each methyltransferase target. From this perspective, here we report a chemoproteomic study to profile the selectivity of a potent protein N-terminal methyltransferase 1 (NTMT1) bisubstrate inhibitor NAH-C3-GPKK (Ki, app = 7±1 nM) in endogenous proteomes. First, we describe the rational design, synthesis, and biochemical characterization of a new chemical probe 6, a biotinylated analogue of NAH-C3-GPKK. Next, we systematically analyze protein networks that may selectively interact with the biotinylated probe 6 in concert with the competitor NAH-C3-GPKK. Besides NTMT1, the designated NTMT1 bisubstrate inhibitor NAH-C3-GPKK was found to also potently inhibit a methyltransferase complex HemK2-Trm112 (also known as KMT9-Trm112), highlighting the importance of systematic selectivity profiling. Furthermore, this is the first potent inhibitor for HemK2/KMT9 reported to date. Thus, our studies lay the foundation for future efforts towards the development of selective inhibitors for NTMT1 and HemK2/KMT9.TOC <jats:fig id="ufig1" position="float" orientation="portrait" fig-type="figure"><jats:graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="439666v1_ufig1" position="float" orientation="portrait" /></jats:fig>.

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 15. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Dongxing [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Noinaj, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Rong [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext [lizenzpflichtig]
Volltext [kostenfrei]

doi:

10.1101/2021.04.13.439666

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

XBI020350155